Criminal Justice News

Friday, August 19, 2016

Accokeek Man Exiled to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Gun and Drug Offenses

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George Jarrod
Hazel sentenced Bryan Leneil Tiggle, age 32, of Accokeek, Maryland, late on
August 15, 2016, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of
supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine
and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the
District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Daniel L.
Board, Jr. of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives -
Baltimore Field Division; and Chief Hank Stawinski of the Prince George’s
County Police Department.

According to their plea agreements, between April and May
2015, Tiggle and co-conspirator Sean Michael Midgette conspired to rob a drug
dealer. On April 8, 2015, Tiggle met with an undercover ATF agent and agreed to
rob a cocaine dealer’s stash house, then split the 12 kilograms of stolen
cocaine. Tiggle told the undercover agent that he would bring another
individual to the next meeting to discuss the robbery. On April 29, 2015,
Tiggle brought Midgette to meet with the undercover agent and discuss the
details of the robbery. Tiggle and Midgette stated that they would re-package
the stolen drugs before selling their portions, and offered to help the
undercover agent to sell his share of the cocaine as well.

On May 8, 2015, the undercover agent spoke with Tiggle and
Midgette by telephone and the conspirators confirmed that they were ready to
commit the robbery. Tiggle and Midgette drove together to meet the undercover
agent at an agreed upon location. Midgette and Tiggle confirmed to the
undercover officer that they were armed and Midgette put a duffle bag
containing the guns in the back seat of the undercover agent’s vehicle. Tiggle
rode with the undercover agent while Midgette followed in another vehicle.
Tiggle and Midgette were subsequently arrested by law enforcement.

From the duffle bag, law enforcement recovered a 9
millimeter semi-automatic firearm, a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol with an
obliterated serial number, a black body armor vest, and 64 rounds of
ammunition. From Tiggle and Midgette’s vehicle officers recovered three black
hoodies, gloves and a black balaclava. A search warrant executed at Midgette’s residence
also recovered digital scales, and drug packaging materials.

Sean Michael Midgette, age 33, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland,
previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 101 months in prison.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended the ATF
and Prince George’s County Police Department for their work in the
investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew
L. Paeffgen and Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas M. Sullivan, who prosecuted the
case.